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Dell del -- delhi. and this incident has evoked a lot of reaction, i heard one administrator saying they should arrest the same-sex marriage partners because homosexuality is now illegal there. >> reporter: that is right, a member of the opposition made that comment a day or two ago because really, there is such outrage in india over the way the diplomat was arrested in new york. the way that she was arrested, you know, during a school run and the strip searching. that has really, really upset p...

That has really, really upset people over here. people here, the government has called the incident barbaric, and even the indian prime minister is usually careful with his words. even he spoke out calling the incident despicable and deplorable. so yes, a huge amount of outrage, now, is india retaliating? yes, they have introduced a number of issues, they have taken away the identity cards issued to consulate staff here in india. what it basically means is theyre stripping away some of the diplo...

Tragedies for our department, for other agencies, and for america. hostages taken in tehran in 1979, our embassy and marine barracks bombed in beirut in 1983, khobar towers in saudi arabia in 1996. our embassies in east africa in 1998. consulate staff murdered in jetta in 2004. the khost attack and many others. i could give you a long list of attacks averted, the kinds our security specialists are engaged in. i have a lot of confidence in them, but were going to do what we can to make sure that ...

Facilities. since 1977, 65 american diplomatic personnel have been killed by terrorists. in addition to those who have been killed, we know what happened in tehran with hostages being taken in 1979, our embassy and marine barracks bombeded in beirut in 1983 and the towers in saudi arabia 1996, our embassies in east africa in 1998. consulate staff murdered in jeddah, saudi arabia in 2004. the attack in afghanistan in 2009 and too many others. but i also want to stress the list of attacks that wer...

1983, khobar towers in saudi arabia in 1996, our embassies in east africa, 1998. consulate staff murdered in jetta in 2004. the khost attack in 2009 and too many others. since 197765 american diplomatic american personnel have been killed by terrorists. now of course the list of attacks foiled, crises averted and lives saved is even longer. we should never forget that our security professionals get it right more than 99% of the time against difficult odds all over the world. thats why like my pr...

But they said it would continue to detear democrat as the islamists cemented their hold in benghazi. the classified cable shows the consulate staff and ci leadership in benghazi agreed to work hand in glove, which collision reviewing emergency action plans. the cable reads mission personnel could collate to the annex at the cia outpost it the security environment degraded suddenly. there was an agreement to formal weekly meet to go discuss the security environment. in the longer term we believe ...

Martha: fox news alert a key american witness set to testify before a house committee tomorrow says the state department refused to send more security to libya despite requests from consulate staff there leading up to the terror attack on september 11th this year. doug mckelway joins me live in washington on this. doug, is this the first witness were going to hear from here? >> reporter: the first witness actually gone on the record, not a anonymous source. a guy came forward to say security was...

Georgia and a 2000 supreme court decision which said kids cannot go on the intercom and say prayerses before the games start. so right now weighing a little bit more in freedom from religions court than in the students court. alisyn: all right. thanks so much for that background, trace. just ahead, we have breaking news on the shooting of a border agent in arizona. plus, breaking details in the benghazi consulate attack investigation. there are new documents that detail security warnings fro...

Wimp. i think this president doesnt have the courage to stand up to his terrorists. >> well this afternoon in virginia, mr. romney may finally have regained his faculty. he didnt mention the word sympathy or apology. joining us now is richard wolfe. mitt romney keeps talking about this false allegation that the president apologizes four america. but isnt it time he apologized first to the consulate staff who dont need a set of circumstances that are inflamed by the bluster and nonsense that come...

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